wildlife plus

[David Ilvedson]

So where do you live, Ron?   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: 12/29/2005 8:15:13 PM
Subject: Re: wildlife plus



>> Good luck catching one...they are veritable Einsteins compared with the 
>> ones we eat at holidays.  And they can actually fly! 
>>  
>> Weird lookin' critters, kinda like quail on steroids.
>>  
>> Dave Stahl


>I stopped to eat a sandwich for lunch out in the country one day, 
>between tunings. I was in a relatively cool low shady spot by a 
>creek beside the road, munching away, when I saw movement in the 
>brush beside the road. About a dozen turkeys cautiously appeared one 
>by one from seemingly nowhere, ambled leisurely across the road just 
>in front of me, and evaporated into the cover on the other side of 
>the road. I was struck by how right and natural they looked in that 
>setting, and how much they obviously belonged there. It was great!

>At various times, I've stopped for deer, bobcats, coyotes, skunks, a 
>beaver, an armadillo, squirrels, bunnies, and steered around or 
>helped across various snakes and turtles. Even saved a bird tangled 
>in monofiliment on a fence once.

>Another time, after a big wind storm the night before, I found a 
>newly dead great horned owl at the roadside, with a $1, and a $5 
>bill lying next to it. One can only wonder.

>So I won't ever get rich, especially at $6 a pop, but it would sure 
>be hard to take a real job at this point.
>Ron N
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